Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reacted critically to a new deal between the United States and Russia that will release millions of tonnes of Russian diesel into the U.S.

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U.S. President Donald Trump warned that Ukraine should stop attacking Russian oil refineries and suggested that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky consider stepping down

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated on October 11, 2026 that Ukraine will stop striking Russian oil refineries only if Russia stops striking Ukrainian energy infrastructure under reciprocal guarantees

The US-Russia diesel deal does more harm than good to allied strategy against Russia

Ukraine's strikes on Yandex data centers are legitimate military actions

Ukraine should halt strikes on Russian oil refineries only under reciprocal guarantees

US demands for Ukrainian leadership change infringe on Ukrainian national sovereignty

U.S. President Donald Trump remarked that it is time for Ukraine to get a new president in response to criticism from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky regarding the U.S.-Russia diesel deal

A Ukrainian drone strike on October 11, 2026 damaged a Yandex data center in Vladimir, east of Moscow, forcing the Russian tech company to completely suspend operations at the facility

Kyiv stated that its drone attacks against Yandex facilities target revenue streams supporting Moscow's war effort and aim to force Russia to divert resources to repair damaged infrastructure

The October 11, 2026 strike in Vladimir marked the third attack on Yandex data centers that week, following earlier strikes on facilities in Sasovo on October 8, 2026 and Kaluga on October 9, 2026

Russian attacks overnight into October 11, 2026 injured six people across four districts in Ukraine's south-eastern Dnipropetrovsk region, according to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine

Yandex reported no injuries from the October 11, 2026 Vladimir facility strike, but acknowledged that some services were unavailable and that predicting full restoration was very difficult

Russian attacks on Zaporizhzhia on October 10, 2026 killed at least 20 people, including four children, local officials confirmed

A Ukrainian drone attack a day earlier shut down Yandex's Sasovo data hub southeast of Moscow, which houses two of the three supercomputers used to develop an AI model for Yandex

Coordinated aerial and sea drone strikes sank two commercial ships in the Black Sea within the exclusive economic zones of Romania and Bulgaria on October 5 and October 6, 2026

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attributed the October 5 and October 6, 2026 Black Sea commercial ship sinkings near Romania and Bulgaria to Russian forces

Ukraine has recently grappled with a shortage of interceptor weapons capable of shooting down Russian missiles and jet-powered drones

Ukraine's drone strikes on Russian technology hubs constitute a proportionate response

On October 9, 2026, Yandex reported that Ukrainian drones struck its Kaluga region data center southwest of Moscow, putting it partially out of action

Yandex stated that no injuries resulted from the drone attack on its Vladimir region data center, though several Yandex services became unavailable to users